Meet the Ecopreneur
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56 world-changing companies working across five impact areas to generate positive transformation for our ocean.

OUR ECOPRENEURS

IMPACT CATEGORIES

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United Kingdom

Europe & United Kingdom

Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Seafood Alternatives

Daniel Watson, Nadia Laabs, Aran Dasan*

SafetyNet Technologies

SafetyNet Technologies is a UK-based early stage company, making the fishing industry smarter through the development of user-friendly technologies to enable Precision Fishing and make the industry more sustainable.

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United States of America

North America

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Mike Newman

Returnity

Returnity replaces single-use shipping and delivery packaging by designing, manufacturing and implementing reusable packaging and circular logistics systems. Used for over 500,000 shipments per month, their packaging addresses the negative impacts from the rapid growth in direct to consumer shipping.

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United States of America

North America

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

John Felts, Marco Rolandi, Toby Corey*

Cruz Foam

Cruz Foam is a circular materials company that produces regenerative, earth-digestible protective packaging foam and other eco-friendly solutions that offer a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based products. Cruz Foam's patented products are circular in nature, using biopolymers found in nature to create a compostable material using the existing supply chain and at a similar cost. Cruz Foam currently works with consumer-packaged goods, electronics, appliance, and durable goods companies. Cruz Foam is a mission-driven company creating impact at scale by empowering industry leaders to be the catalyst for a cleaner environment.

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Netherlands

Europe & United Kingdom

Greenhouse Gas: Blue Carbon & CO2e Removal or Avoidance

Alexei Levene, William Janssen*

Desolenator

Desolenator is pioneering low-cost, ocean-safe desalination with a technology powered 100% by solar energy, and without the use of harmful chemicals. Desolenator supports the resilience of communities and thought-leading businesses experiencing high water stress.

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Bahamas

Caribbean

Ecosystems and Species: Preservation & Restoration

Gator Halpern, Sam Teicher

Coral Vita

Coral Vita grows climate change resilient coral up to 50x faster to restore dying reefs using a land-based farming model to scale up restoration, selling this service to customers who depend on the ecosystem services that reefs provide.

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United States of America

North America

Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, & Seafood Alternatives

Brian von Herzen, Bob Kryczko, Ken Austin, Theresa Theuretzbacher*

Seaforestation.co

SeaForestation.Co provides deepwater solar irrigation services and equipment for replete seaweed cultivation across the oceans while augmenting seaweed value chains to meet food security needs, ecosystem life support and carbon export applications.

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Hong Kong

Africa

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Jonathan Tostevin, Brittany Gamez*

Muuse

Muuse is a smart system enabling reusable packaging as a service. Using a fully-integrated mobile/web application, Muuse operates a global network of elegant, robust, tech-enabled products, including cups and food containers, for the to-go food economy.

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United States of America

North America

Pollution: Waste Reduction & Circular Use

Rob Ianelli, Vanessa Coleman*

Oceanworks

Oceanworks® is a Plastic Action Platform that exists to keep our ocean clean by making it easy for brands to take action against plastic pollution. Through a global network of collectors and recycled plastic suppliers, Oceanworks partners with brands to measure their plastic footprint, fund plastic waste removal, find sustainable alternatives and track supply chains from shore to shelf. For more about Oceanworks, visit https://oceanworks.co/.

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United States of America

North America

Greenhouse Gas: Blue Carbon & CO2e Removal or Avoidance

Sampriti Bhattacharaya

Navier

Navier is bringing change to the maritime industry through the development of clean, efficient technology, unlocking a future where small vessels are clean, efficient, and easy to operate. The company’s unique multidisciplinary heritage combines deep maritime experience with rigorous expertise in aerospace and autonomous system engineering. In the long term, they view the Navier 27 as a platform for more than just fun. If small vessels can be made efficient and cost effective, they see a future where these craft can play an integral role in waterborne transportation.

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